The sunlight from outside the window came in and fell on the two of them.

Zhao Yueyao was almost fainted by Chu Nianqin. At the last moment, he pushed the person away, his slightly swollen red lips pursing: "Brother Six is ​​great."

Encouraging each other at the right time can increase love, which is what Zhao Yueyao learned from a green tea manual.

Tianshu is really a fetish, it has everything, but it has been too long, Zhao Yueyao can't remember other moves.

Seeing his eyeballs rolling, Chu Nian's anger dissipated like smoke, and he just found it funny.Just like a greedy kitten and puppy, he has his own little abacus.But because of his IQ, he was seen through at a glance, so stupid and cute.

"Changqing, send our precious little prince back to the palace."

There was no time to mess around with him, and in order to prevent Zhao Yueyao from making trouble again, Chu Nian sent him back to the mansion directly.

In the palace, Zhao Yueyao told Changqing: "Go back and tell Sixth Brother, I will go to him again, let him wait for me."

Changqing's face was stiff. As Chu Nian's confidant, he wanted to rush in and pull him away at the first moment, but Chu Nian stopped him, and watched the two kiss for several minutes.

Before today, he never knew that His Highness the Sixth Prince liked men!I have never seen His Highness the Sixth Highness so tolerant of those who provoked him.Perhaps, it's because Zhao Yueyao was so good-looking.

Looking at Zhao Yueyao's face, Changqing felt very complicated: "Yes, little prince, the villain will leave."

Halfway through the goal, Zhao Yueyao hummed a little tune and strolled into the palace.

Seeing him, Liu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief: "My ancestor, why did you come back? The manager has been waiting for you for several hours."

Zhao Yueyao felt strange: "What do you want me to do, and the mine is not under my control."

While changing Zhao Yueyao's clothes, Liu Zhi explained: "I heard that there is no ore at the mine now. The ore that was going to be tribute to the emperor was burned because of the last riot."

"One month later, it will be the day to pay the tribute, and they can't pay it. There is also the matter of the white jade cake workshop. Didn't you say that they should use the money they earned to repair houses and distribute monthly money? As a result, more and more poor people came. There are more and more people coming, and now there are all people there, and it is simply impossible to make ends meet.”

Zhao Yueyao was overwhelmed by what he heard. Now he is in danger of protecting himself, and he doesn't want to pay attention to these things at all: "Report this matter to my father, and let my father make a decision."

Liu Zhi was a little embarrassed: "My lord, my lord said that since the last time the riot was resolved, you have the final say on the mine. You also made the white jade cake by yourself, and he won't interfere."

At this time, the steward came in with a few people behind him, and when he saw Zhao Yueyao, he burst into tears and knelt down on the ground: "I beg the little prince to save us."

"I beg the little prince to show mercy."

"If the tribute cannot be collected after one month, the villain will definitely be punished by the court!"

The steward knelt down and looked at Zhao Yueyao in despair.Zhao Yueyao is not a fool, he knows that if the tribute is not paid, not only the manager, but even his father will be punished.

"My father doesn't care about such a big matter?"

Steward: "The prince said that these matters will be handed over to you sooner or later, let us come to you."

Zhao Yueyao sighed: "Okay, I'll go and have a look."

Zhou Qishi was wearing strong clothes, holding a long sword in his hand, as tall and straight as a bamboo, and came in from the outside: "My lord, I will go too."

Zhao Yueyao was not in a good mood: "It's up to you."

In the carriage, Zhou Qishi gently stroked Zhao Yueyao's cheek: "Don't be like this, Yaoyao, just smile."

Zhao Yueyao looked up at Zhou Qishi: "I'm upset, I can't laugh."

Zhou Qishi: "There is nothing to be afraid of. No matter what happens, I will stand in front of you."

This is a matter of course, even if Zhao Yueyao's mind is to use him, he can't help but be moved by it.

"Zhou Qishi, you are so kind."

When they came to the mine, a group of people went to see the mine veins under the old steward's telling.Sure enough, the entire Nanliangshan mine was basically hollowed out.The earthquake a few days ago was due to the fact that the mine veins were hollowed out and there was no support underneath.

Zhao Yueyao: "This mine existed before my father came here. It has survived for more than 40 years. It should be normal if the mine source is exhausted."

The old steward seemed to be ten years old: "Little lord, where can we find mines to supply the emperor? These miners don't have mines, so how should we arrange them?"

Every question is very difficult, Zhao Yueyao shook his head and walked out: "You let me think about it."

The depletion of the ore veins cannot be hidden from anyone at all.At this time, many miners ran out when they heard Zhao Yueyao was coming.

During this period of time, because they ate better than before, they had hope, so everyone's mental outlook improved a lot.

The only few children in the mine are no longer big heads and thin bodies, and they all have a little flesh on their faces.

All of this was brought to them by Zhao Yueyao.Therefore, when they learned the current situation of the mine, they couldn't help but feel a chill.

Ananda's mother looked at her man, and finally couldn't help it, and slapped him hard: "You murderer, why do you burn ore? It's hard to get better, what should we do now? If you can't wait, you will become a slave!"

Everyone felt sad and resented those who had participated in the riots.

The people in the mine, whether they were exiled or because they failed to pay taxes, were charged with crimes and were not free.If they cannot be accepted here, they will have to be taken back by the imperial court and become slaves. From then on, they will be reduced to humble status, and they will not be able to stand up for generations.

Da Liu wiped his face: "Okay, don't stand in the way of the little prince. All this is fate, and the little prince is good enough for us."

He is one of the people selected by Liuzhi to manage the white jade cake.This person is also from the mine, and his family committed a crime, and as a side branch, he was exiled to Nanyue.Compared with other miners, Liu's body is a little weaker, but he can write and be smooth, he is a rare talent.

The people in the mine also believed in him, not for anything else, just because he was working for Zhao Yueyao.

Unknowingly, Zhao Yueyao has become the hope of these people.

Walking to the workshop of Baiyu Cake, there seemed to be more people there than in the mine!

Most of them are poor people with yellow and thin faces, and some children who work hard.

Da Liu murmured, knelt on the ground, and spoke with great difficulty: "Please forgive me, little prince, villain, villain just couldn't bear to see them starve to death at the door, so he made his own decision and took them in."

"But my lord, the White Jade Cake Workshop only provided them with two meals a day and a place to rest, and did not pay them wages!"

Seeing Liu kneeling on the ground, many people who were working hard panicked and knelt on the ground trembling.They trembled and did not even dare to speak.

Since Zhao Yueyao died once, he can understand the feeling of having nothing and wanting to live without hesitating to give up his self-esteem.

"Forget it, they are all my citizens of Nanyue, you did the right thing, show me the ledger."

Liu Zhi took someone to fetch the ledger, and moved a small table and wooden stool, waiting for Zhao Yueyao to sit down.

The expenses and income can be seen intuitively in the ledger. Originally, the Baiyu Cake Workshop was definitely profitable, but its expenses were too high.

The money earned is for the people in the mines, for the workers in the workshops, to build some houses, and to provide two meals a day for thousands of poor people.

I don't know how much effort Liu and the stewards spent to maintain the balance of income and expenditure.

Da Liu said cautiously: "My lord, more and more people are coming here to be famous, and we are almost unable to hold on."

Zhao Yueyao got angry, stood up and asked: "My Nanyue is just a bit barren, the location is relatively remote, and there are no natural disasters caused by floods. Why are there so many homeless people who can't afford food!"

He casually pointed to a man kneeling on the ground with a pockmarked face: "Say it!"

The man trembled and was about to faint, Zhou Qishi pressed Zhao Yueyao's hand: "The little prince loves the people like sons, how you have fallen to this point, you can tell."

Probably because Zhou Qishi's attitude was relatively mild, and the man gradually calmed down, but he still didn't dare to look up at Zhao Yueyao: "The villain is a villager in Luowan Village. The family has three acres of Susukida, and the output is not much. After paying the tax, it can barely survive. Day. However, this year’s tax is higher than in previous years, and the villain really can’t pay it. I don’t want to go to jail, so I sold the land.”

Zhao Yueyao: "How much is the daily tax?"

The man: "If you go back to the little prince, it's [-]% on weekdays, and [-]% this year."

Zhao Yueyao usually eats, drinks and has fun, and has never paid attention to these things. He did not expect Nanyue's tax revenue to be so high.

The common people will gradually lose their land, which is tantamount to killing the chicken and taking the eggs.Now Zhao Yueyao knew why Zhou Shaoqing was in Nanyue and was able to respond to everyone.

Otherwise, there is no way out, even a docile rabbit will bite when it is in a hurry.

Zhao Yueyao: "I see, don't worry, life will gradually get better."

He wanted to go to Luo Lin to exchange a sum of money, buy ore to make offerings, and stabilize for the time being.Then, it is to solve the problem from the root.

Luo Lin has money, but his money is hard to get.

"Cousin, did you make a mistake, so many things, you only give me 5000 taels?"

Zhao Yueyao brought all the treasures in his private treasury and all the things the princess gave him to Luo Mansion as collateral and in exchange.

Luo Lin casually fiddled with the contents of the box, and picked up a string of green beads: "I gave this to you on your birthday, and now you are using it to exchange money with me?"

Zhao Yueyao was not embarrassed: "I said it was mortgaged with you, and I will redeem them in the future. Cousin, just give me a little more, just a little."

Luo Lin said seriously: "Yaoyao, if you continue to use it like this, even if you have a gold mine, you won't be able to support it. My cousin advises you to close the mine and drive away the many people in the white jade cake workshop."

Zhao Yueyao lowered his face and said to Liu Zhi: "Take the money away."

Liu Zhi blesses himself, and picks up the small box in embarrassment.

When walking out of Luo Mansion, Zhou Qishi took Zhao Yueyao's hand: "Why, you are not happy? Cousin Luo is just trying to persuade you from his experience in business. He doesn't know that Yaoyao is not out to make money, but only cares about the world. He can't bear to see Nan Yuezi people suffer."

Zhao Yueyao: "Don't say it so nicely, I'm not a living Bodhisattva, you are not allowed to praise me like this!"

Zhou Qishi pretended to be disappointed: "Our little prince's heart is really unpredictable. It's neither a compliment nor a loss. It's so difficult for Zhou."

This serious appearance made Zhao Yueyao laugh: "Fool, why don't you talk about cross talk."

Zhou Qishi shook his head: "Because I just want to make you laugh."

The sincere confession was caught off guard, Zhao Yueyao "coughed", blushed, and concealed: "Nonsense, hurry up, I want to go back to the palace to discuss things with my father."

Liu Zhi walked behind with a numb face. As Zhao Yueyao's personal maid, it was impossible for her not to notice the subtle affection between the two.

In the study, Zhao Yueyao put forward his own thoughts to the old prince: "Father, Nanyue's taxes are too high, I think we have to lower them."

The old prince was practicing calligraphy. Hearing this, he asked very calmly, "How much do you think Yaoer should lower?"

Zhao Yueyao bowed his head and thought for a while: "I think the tax should be reduced to about [-]%. Those who can't pay the tax this year should remember to pay it next year."

The old prince: "What about the people who lost their land because of taxes?"

Zhao Yueyao: "Return the land to them and let them continue to plant."

The old prince smiled and shook his head: "The land is not in my hands, how can I return it? It's all in the hands of those aristocratic families."

Zhao Yueyao frowned: "Daddy told them to spit it out, how dare they not listen?"

The old prince finally couldn't help it, and rubbed Zhao Yueyao's head: "Stupid thing, let others spit out the meat after eating, even the emperor can't do it."

"Don't fix so many things that you have and don't have them, marry a wife and have children, and then be a prince obediently, wouldn't it be good?"

Zhao Yueyao also wanted to, but the situation didn't allow it.

"Father, just listen to me and reduce the tax."

The old prince: "As long as you can convince those uncles, I will do whatever you want."

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